“He is so committed to his guilt. He needs Michael’s death to be his fault. It’s what keeps his brother alive for him – that connection. As though, as long as he still has a confession to make, Michael will be forced one day to return in order to hear it. Without that prospect, there is only an ending.”

“He is so committed to his guilt. He needs Michael’s death to be his fault. It’s what keeps his brother alive for him – that connection. As though, as long as he still has a confession to make, Michael will be forced one day to return in order to hear it. Without that prospect, there is only an ending.”

— Adam Haslett